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[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
news:iaifev$26jn$1 at digitalmars.com...
> "Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
> news:iaiehl$24s1$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> bearophile wrote:
>>
>>> If you focus only on your strong points you will not improve yourself,
>>> this is a basic rule for any serious artist or athlete.
>>
>> Would you criticize a long distance runner for being lousy at wrestling? 
>> Shouldn't a long distance runner focus on what he's good at - long 
>> distance running?
>>
>
> Tell that to Bo Jackson! :)

On a more serious note though, just focusing on what something's good at 
amounts to wearing blinders and is exactly what turned Java into a 
puritanical piece of shit: "Java's good at objects, so let's pretend nothing 
else exists." And it's what made Haskell into something that practically no 
one uses for real-world work: "Haskell's really good at functional. So let's 
pretend nothing else exists." Of course, what makes D so great is that we 
all know perfectly well it tries to do a variety of things well, which is 
actually in contrast to what you're saying here.

I can certainly understand the impossibility of actually keeping up with 
bearophile, but I don't think that even he expects that every idea he brings 
up be rushed into D.